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Topic: High Commissioner

‘I shouldn’t need protection here’: India envoy in Canada flags security concerns amid separatist threats

In first broadcast interview since taking office, India’s new High Commissioner to Canada Dinesh Patnaik also said Trudeau's allegations in the Nijjar case were 'preposterous, absurd'.

New Delhi-Dhaka must reimagine ties as ‘strategic necessity for collective growth’—Bangladesh envoy

In speech at Bangladesh’s belated national day event in Delhi, high commissioner to India Riaz Hamidullah said Bangladesh is open & engaged with India to address issues of present & future.

India-Canada flashpoint: Trudeau govt terms Indian envoy ‘person of interest’ in a probe, MEA hits back

MEA has labelled Canada's allegations against Indian envoy & other diplomats as 'concocted', but not specified the particular case. It adds that India has right to take 'further steps'.

India Appoints New High Commissioner to Rwanda

Mridu Pawan Das to assume charge soon.

Anil Sooklal, South Africa’s 1st Indian-origin envoy to New Delhi, to take charge soon

Post of South African high commissioner has been vacant since end of 2023. Sooklal, the appointee, is a former academic whose previous posting was as ambassador at large to Asia & BRICS.

Meet the women ambassadors posted in Delhi, a tight-knit and growing community

Women ambassadors head 25 of 158 diplomatic missions in Delhi — 11 are from Europe, 9 from Africa, 2 from Latin America and 3 from South Asia.

Civil servant, cyber security expert — Lindy Cameron, UK’s 1st woman high commissioner to India

Cameron has also served in Kabul & Baghdad, specialising in post-conflict reconstruction. Her most recent role was as CEO of NCSC, UK’s principal authority on cyber security.

Australian court orders ex-Indian envoy to compensate former staff for ‘unpaid wages’. MEA sees red

Ministry says it 'rejects any locus standi of Australian authorities to adjudicate on matters of diplomatic staff', urges Australia to 'uphold obligations under Vienna Convention'.

Long-term investments in Sri Lanka are India’s plan to fix economic crisis, envoy Baglay says

High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay added that New Delhi will also work with the island nation’s new govt to facilitate talks for a bailout package from the IMF.

K Shankar Bajpai, India’s former envoy to US, China and Pakistan, dies at 92

Former IFS officer K Shankar Bajpai was born into a family of diplomats, and after serving the country, went on to become a noted academic.

On Camera

Ursula von der Leyen’s Indian clothes vs Trudeaus? It’s cultural appreciation not performance

In the Trudeaus’ case, the spectacle distracted from the diplomatic agenda, whereas von der Leyen’s look enhanced the moment.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.